Côte de Nuits 2021: New Releases

This comes from a single parcel just across the road from Chambolle-Musigny in Gilly-lès-Cîteaux, called Les Bons Bâtons. It is so red-fruited, with a pretty, fragrant length, lacy tannins and a salty bite. This feels more like a Chambolle than a Bourgogne. Fantastic ageing potential, if you can keep it that long!

This vineyard lies right in the middle of the village. The vines are now 40 years old, and are really hitting their stride. It has superb dark cherry concentration and depth, and a deliciously enticing, long and saline finish

This is one of Ghislaine’s greatest cuvées. The 2021 has a fantastically aromatic nose. It is bursting with gorgeous dark cherry and floral aromas, a fresh cherry acidity on the palate, and soft, seductive tannins. So concentrated, fine and elegant with a finish that just goes on and on. Sublime.

This wine’s power and energy usually dominate when young, but this 2021 is already showing wonderfully expressive purity of fruit and fine supple tannins. It is saline and tender, showing not only great energy but great finesse too at this early stage.

You won’t find much better than this at village level. This is a wine of terrific complexity and nuance, with much of the texture and nuance you can find in her premiers crus, just with a slightly more forward and open, juicy fruit, and lighter tannins. It comes from nine plots across the village, and shows such a wonderful energy in 2021.